Hour to stop the spread of covid19 and ease the strain on overwhelmed hospitals. Several counties. Now under a new stay at home order. And more will join at midnight. We have Team Coverage let s begin with nbc bay area s Sergio Quintana live in San Francisco. Where restaurants and bars. Are closing up a big part of their operations. Here s a look at where the bay area stands in terms of icu bed availability. Very good. Lets check in with rob maeda right now. Rob, you have three of the top stories of the day all wrapped into weather. Yeah, at least one of them for sure, we dont typically associate with december, and that is the red flag warning that is now in effect for all of the north bay, the east bay hills, and the Santa Cruz Mountains from now to about 5 00 tomorrow. Before we get there, before the winds start to pickup towards tomorrow morning we have another chilly night setting up around the bay area outside right now. Its not too bad. We have temperatures in the low 50s. But a
Now palo alto double in livermore concord each in the 30s, upper 30s for these areas while santa rose at 31 degrees or one spot below freezing, san mateo and alameda egypt, 45 some of our fog year areas there little bit more moderated because of that marine layer thats hovering overhead im talking what else to expect today later on in your forecast but robin is talking about how that fog has had an impact on your morning commute. Impact it has had. I dont lost the game, the bridge looking this and driving in these conditions, john is not good its not safe. It is challenging for sure were checking in on the bridge right now you can see daria in the midst the to searching its dangerous on the roads this morning. We have lots of people are doing theyre like where am i less of the toll plaza its going to be like all the way across the span so be careful out there folks headlights and wipers slowdown dont tailgate you know the drill but 40 minutes here over to the peninsula. We cannot see i
Have visibility as low as a couple hundred feet around sfo and petaluma. Its going to be here for the entire morning commute. And as you look at the breezes, this will slide slowly south so it could fill in parts of the east bay shoreline also. But i dont think it is going to quite get over to the east bay valleys. This afternoon, a touch of haze behind, but definitely sunglass weather. Above average temperatures. Low to mid 60s. 61 to 65 around the bay. 58 to 66 along the coast. More on this first day of meteor logical winter coming up. Heres reggie. The cdc will meet with the top Health Advisors to discuss a possible covid19 vaccine. The fda could approve pfizers vaccine as early as next week. How the cdc will decide who gets priority. How much good are you going to do . How many lives are you going to save . Second. What is fair. What is the fair way to do it. The third is, how can we do this openly and transparentally so theres no backroom deals. Its clear what is happening. Dr. Fr
The worlds most gold medal awarded tequila. Abruptly close today an east bay das office ready to investigate complaints on covid restrictions. Schools in new york city abruptly close day while local School Districts adjust their reopening plans. Why one district still wants to bring cases back. The annual Christmas Tree lighting was held in union square. Ill tell you why you probably didnt know about it. Abc 7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. Tonight an east bay county is about to get tough when it comes to following new covid safety restrictions with cases spiking in Contra Costa County. Yes, a task force is ready to investigate and fine businesses not following the rules. Cornell barnard is getting the information tonight. Reporter burger loft, a surge in covid cases has put Contra Costa County in the purple tier. Employees know the rules. Make sure theyre wearing masks. Wash their hands 200 times a day. Reporter not e
About taking quote, drastic action to spread slow the spread of covid19 interstate and hinting at the return of the stayathome owners we all experience back in march. Health officials warn the trends are alarming compared to previous searches this year. 40,000 daily new cases of the verse reported last week that its likely that at least 12 of those sick will need intensive care hospitalization. The high case numbers we seen in the last week have not even begun to impact hospitals yet. We know that it takes about two weeks. If these trends continue, will have to take much more dramatic drastic action. California hospitals could be overwhelmed and i sears out of space by the middle of this month. These are troubling signs. And we have not really, we dont know what happened at thinks giving it. That will take a few more days to manifest itself. We dont know exactly what a new stay at home order would include. But we can look to recent examples. We have a harbinger of what is to come in Lo